Whip-socket



vH. ELDER.

(No Model.)

WHIP SOCKET.

yPatented Jan. 8, 1889.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT ELDER, OF IIARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,819, dat-ed J'anuary 8, 1889.

Application filed October 6, 1888. Serial No. 287,370. (No model.)

To all whom it may 0071/007177.:

Y .Be it known that I, HERBERT ELDER, of l-Iarrisburg, in the county ofDauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved\Vl1ip-Socket,of which the iiollowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to whip-sockets, and has for its object toprovide a whip-socket b v means oli' which a whip may be locked in thesocket.

The invention consists in a whipsocket constructed and arranged ashereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is an elevation ot' a portion ot' a whip-socket constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof.Figfl lock and its casing detached l1' rom the whipsocket. Fig. 4 is avertical section on thcline c a?, Fig. Eig. 5 is a perspective view ot'the whip-lock detached. Fig. l5 is a perspective view of a portion ofthe lock detached, and Fig. Z shows a key l or the lock.

In carrying out th is i nvention a whi p-socket, l, is provided with alock for locking a whip in the socket, the lock having a casing, 2, ot'metal or other suitable material, consisting of vertical strips 3,havinglateral :Han ges -lnvhich may be soldered or otherwise secured tothe socket l.. AWithin the casing 2 is pivoted at its upper end the arm5, formed with the hollow projection (j at its upper end, extendingthrough a slot or opening, 7, in the wall of the whip-socketl when thearm 5is swung against the whip-socket. The projection (5, which. .isfilled with cork, S, rubber, or other suitable material, may be of a camshape, the cork projecting from the edge thereof to bear against thewhip when clamped in the whipsocket by projection (i. In the lower endof arm 5 is mounted a vertically-movable hook,

`210, with a base or block, 9, and projecting` Jthrough a vertical slot,ll, in the rear face of arm 5, with its base 9 mounted on screws l2, orriveted pins, if desired, extending through vertical slots lil and 13 inthe sides of arm 5 and through the sides .ll of a cap, 15, movableendwise on the arm 5. The cap l5 has .is a front view of a whip-- ,withsocket l.

is formed with lateral ianges l l), by means of' which the hook l() andarm 5 may be operated with the lingers.

The slots i3 and 1S are of such a length as t0 permit the hook l() io beraised and lowered to engage and disengage the socket l by means of aslot, 20, therein in line with slot ll. 3y having two screws or pins,l2, the hook l() is lirmly held, besides being limited in its verticalmovement.

Upon the top of block Q pivoted a lock, 2l,for the hook l0 in the formof ahook. The hook lO is normally held in lowered position bymeans of asuitable spring-as, for example, the coiled spring 22-the lower screw,l2, resting in the bottom of slots i3 and 13.

To secure a whip in the socket l the flanges lf) ot' cap l5 are seizedwith the itingers, and the cap l 5 and its arm lo raised, therebyliftingthe hook l() in slots ll and 2O against the pressure otl spring 22. Thearm 5 then swung away from the whip-socket l, thereby drawing hook. l()through slot 2O and the projection G through slot 7. The whip is thenplaced in the socket l and the arm 5 swung back against the latter, theprojection 6 passing into the socket l through slot '7 and bearingagainst and clainping the whipfagainst the interior wall of the socket.The hook l() also passes through the slot 20, and upon letting go of thecap l5 is moved down in slots ll and 2O b v the reaction of spring 22,the point ot hook l() passing below the lower end or' slot 2O andcausing the hook to be engaged 'l'he slot 13 extends upward in the arm 5a sufiieient distance to permit the peint ot' hook 2l to pass through itand engage a recess, 2S, on the interior ot' one of the walls ll o'l'cap l5 when the hook l0 is in engagement with socket l. The hook 2l isengaged with and disengaged from'fltherecess by a suitable key, and, asshown in Fig. 7, consisting of a key, 24, with a square end, 25,01'round end, if preferred, which is put through a hole, 2G, in the cap l5and en gaged with a hole, 27, in the hook 2l,'and corresponding in shapewith the end 25 of the IOO key. The hook may then be rocked back orforward on its pivot by swinging the handle of the key laterally, thehole 2G being` suiciently large to permit this.

By means of this invention a whip-socket is provided in which a whip maybe securely held and locked.

IL ving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire toSecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination,with the socket, of the attaching-plates 3 3, an armpivoted at its upper end between said plates and having a projection onits inner Side at the upper part thereof, and a vertically-sliding hookor catch mounted on the lower end of the Said arm for locking it inplace when closed, Snlmi'antially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the Socket, oi' the attaching` plates orcasing,l 3, the arm 5, pivoted at its upper end between Said plates toswingvertically and havinga cam projection on its inner edge, a blockSecured to the lower end of said arm to Slide vertically thereon andhaving' on. its inner edge a hook, 10, below said projection, and alocking-hook pivoted on said block at right angles to the pivot of thearm 5 and adapted to lock the Sliding block to the Said Swinging arm,substantially as set forth,

3. The combination, with the socket, of the plates or casing 3, thehollow arm 5, open at its outer side, having a projection, 8, at theupper end of its inner side and a slot, 11, below said projection, thecap 15, having sides 14, embracing` the lower end of the arm to slidethereon and having' a key-hole, 26, the block 9 within the lower end ofthe said arm and connected with the cap to slide therewith, thedownward-projecting hook 10, projecting` from the inner face of theblock through the slot l1, the transversely-swinging locking-hook 21 onthe upper end of the block in line with the key-hole, substantially asset forth.

4. A whip-socket, 1, constructed with the slots 7 and 2O in its side, anarm, 5, pivoted to the side oi' the whip-socket and having,` acam-shaped projection, 6, with a bearing-surface of Soft material toclamp a whip in the Socket 1, a cap, 15, with opening 26 and interiorrecess 23, Slidable on the arm 5 and connected with a hook, 10, mountedon a sliding block, 9, projecting 'from arm 5 and adapted to projectthrough Lalot and engage whip-Socket l, and a l1ook,21,with hole 27,pivoted to an extension of hook 10 and adapted to be locked with recess23, substantially as shown and described.

HERBERT ELDER.

litnessesz 1V. H. KISTER, LEROY J. WOLF.

